As you may know, except for David Niedorf (Everett Flatch, son of Dennis Hooper's hopeless-drunk-turned-assistant-coach Shooter), all the Hickory Huskers were Indiana boys drafted not for their ...

Sposa bag man Valainis played big role in movie. SILVIS, Ill. The line from the movie "Hoosiers" goes: "In over 40 years of looking at the best the state's ever had, I've never seen a better ball ...

Hoosiers was inspired by the real-life Indiana basketball team, which played for Milan High in 1954 and went on to become ...

Declared as one of the greatest sports movies in film history, the 1986 flick Hoosiers starred the late Gene Hackman as high school basketball Coach Norman Dale. The famed film follows the story ...

Gene Hackman, who died at the age of 95, had a career for the ages, was a talent for the ages. For The Post's Mike Vaccaro, he is forever Norman Dale in "Hoosiers." ...

There's another connection between Hoosiers and Dean: in 1951, the Marion, Indiana-born actor had played basketball against the Milan High School team. 8. HOPPER FOUGHT TO HAVE A SCENE CUT FROM ...

Gene Hackman endeared himself to Hoosiers as coach Norman Dale in the move "Hoosiers". His acting colleagues and producer of the movie share memories of Hackman, who died Thursday.

Dennis Hopper was nominated for an Academy Award for screenwriting for 'Easy Rider', and he was honored with his second Academy Award nomination 17 years later for 'Hoosiers'.

But if you did enjoy Hoosiers, and chances are good that you did, you'd agree that Hopper's Scooter Flatch character was key to that movie being recognized as one of the best sports films of all time.